Bellator officials today announced the fight and Bellator 70’s location: the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

The event, which concludes the organization’s 12-week sixth season, features an MTV2-televised main and prelims on Spike.com.

In addition to the heavyweight title fight, Bellator 70 will feature the finale of the season-six middleweight tournament, as well as UFC vet and Louisiana native Rich Clementi (42-21-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) against an opponent to be announced.

The heavyweight title fight came about after two meetings between season-five
tournament finalists Prindle and Thiago Santos were scrapped in recent
weeks.

Prindle and Santos first fought at Bellator 59, where the tourney
championship went unresolved after Santos accidentally kicked his
opponent in the groin. With Prindle unable to continue, the fight was
rebooked for Bellator 61 this past month. However, Prindle suffered
from flu-like symptoms, and the fight was postponed a week. Then at
Bellator 62 weigh-ins, Santos failed to make weight, and Prindle was
declared the tournament champion.

Konrad hasn’t fought since August, when he earned a unanimous-decision
victory over Paul Buentello in a non-title fight. Prior to that, the
two-time NCAA Division I national champion and current Team DeathClutch
fighter won Bellator’s season-three tournament with victories over
Rogent Lloret, Damian Grabowski and Neil Grove. That earned him
Bellator’s inaugural heavyweight title.

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